The moment a powerful flare exploded on our sun's surface was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. CMEs can eject billions of tons of corona material from the sun's surface. And they can be up to 10 times the size of Earth, making them the largest kind of flares. Advertisement'Loops tens of times the size of Earth leap up off the sun's surface when the sun's magnetic fields cross over each other and reconnect. NASA also reported a separate solar flare last month, which broke off the sun's northern pole.

Source: The Times March 07, 2023 00:26 UTC